Pay him the money and don't be so stingy about it. If you're getting €3m for your house, you can surely afford to look after him. If the auction is messed up or delayed you might well end up with less than €3m.
You probably haven't seen Elaine's other posts. She is a divorced mother of two and is trying to set herself up to secure her and her children's future. The house has already cost her a fortune to put in order for the sale. I think the solicitor is being greedy in this instance, particularly as she gives him all her business, as did her mother before her. 15k is a huge sum of money and if he had been supervising the sale of a house worth far less, he would have exactly the same amount of work.
Pay him the money and don't be so stingy about it. If you're getting €3m for your house, you can surely afford to look after him. If the auction is messed up or delayed you might well end up with less than €3m.
I really hate this idea of paying anybody who is performing a standard service a percentage of the price.
I agree. But you seem to be arguing that the solicitor's fee for attendance at the auction should be charged on the percentage basis. I am arguing that it should be charged on the conventional (time plus expenses plus VAT) basis.
That fee that he originally quoted her should include his travel to the acution.
What's the point in agreeing a fee if one party tries to increase the amount that was agreed at the start.
Why? There is no indication that attendance at the auction was included in the original deal. Indeed Elaine's suggestion that a Dublin agent attend instead would indicate that question of the solicitor's attendance was not agreed by the parties earlier.
Why? There is no indication that attendance at the auction was included in the original deal. Indeed Elaine's suggestion that a Dublin agent attend instead would indicate that question of the solicitor's attendance was not agreed by the parties earlier.
The solicitor is asking for fee of E3 (€3k?) for coming to Dublin for the auction, plus VAT.
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